Justice beyond Blame: Moral justification of (the Idea of) a truth commission

Journal of Conflict Resolution

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 368-382

  Dimitrijević, Nenad ^a  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Justification; Responsibility; Transitional justice; Truth commission

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646511319     PISSN: 00220027     EISSN: 15528766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022002706286952     Document Type: Article

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